The success of how two people in a relationship communicate is fundamentally tied to trust. What does this mean? The sense that you can count on someone else to take you seriously, respond to your needs most of the time and share their own concerns forms the basic fabric of any healthy relationship. If this…
One of the dangers in families is that we tend to approach things with the glass half-empty. We often want our children to be MORE motivated or MORE focused, or for them to try HARDER. What could be more disheartening than somebody approaching you and constantly undervaluing what you are doing. Imagine if a…
I am delighted to bring Pripo Teplitsky on today’s episode as we talk about parenting and what it takes for us to make room for the spirit of the child to emerge. From the minute I heard Pripo’s voice, I felt this kinship with his raw and relatable style of connecting. Pripo is a licensed…
Why is there so much conflict between couples going through infertility? Dr. Erica Berman is a Toronto-based psychotherapist who specializes in helping clients cope with infertility and pregnancy loss, and postpartum mental health, and she expounds on the reasons behind this conflict between couples. All of the connections between society, culture, neurobiology, evolutionary biology, and…
I’m in the middle of a series of podcasts on parenting. It is a strange topic to talk about from the standpoint of parenting being a very personal sphere and something that we generally let our friends, neighbours and family do the way they see fit. But there is a very technical aspect to…
One of the dangers in families is that we tend to approach things with the glass half-empty. We often want our children to be MORE motivated or MORE focused, or for them to try HARDER. What could be more disheartening than somebody approaching you and constantly undervaluing what you are doing. Imagine if a friend…
Today I want to invite and welcome you to The Dignity of Suffering podcast. On this podcast, we are going to take a candid look at the trials and tribulations that come with being alive.
It was my colleague’s graduation, the end of a roughly 8-year post-graduate journey training to be a Jungian psychoanalyst, a branch of psychology heavily weighted towards the writings of Carl Gustav Jung. A beautiful spread of cheeses, desserts, and floral arrangements graced the reception room. He would have loved it. The only problem…
I have the good fortune of speaking with my colleague and friend today, Dr. Erica Berman, who developed a specialty of working with couples who are going through infertility treatment. Even if this isn’t your reality, the subject applies to almost any relationship, as it really highlights the challenges couples can face. When dealing with…
Today I want to invite and welcome you to The Dignity of Suffering podcast. On this podcast, we are going to take a candid look at the trials and tribulations that come with being alive.